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Lombard Street is open Saturday night after a daylong closure that left some neighbors pretty annoyed. Transportation officials are testing out a program to close the famous crooked street to cars over four weekends this summer because of residents' complaints that it is becoming too busy. NBC Bay Area's Christie Smith reports from San Francisco. (Published Saturday, Jun 21, 2014)

Updated at 2:50 AM EST on Sunday, Jun 22, 2014

San Francisco's world-famous crooked street will be temporarily off limits to cars starting this weekend.

Lombard Street, between Larkin and Leavenworth streets, will be closed Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m until July 13. It will also be closed on the Fourth of July.

Lombard Street Closed to Cars Saturday

It's the first day Lombard Street is closed to cars, and it's already causing some headaches--and we're not just talking about for tourists. NBC Bay Area’s Christie Smith reports from Lombard Street in San Francisco. (Published Saturday, Jun 21, 2014)

The closure is part of a pilot program put in place after Lombard homeowners complained about traffic in the area.

Lombard Street Closed to Cars This Weekend

After the experimental closures, officials will decide if the tourist attraction should be shut down on a more regular basis.

The SFMTA board, at the request of Supervisor Mark Farrell, voted last month to approve the temporary weekend shutdowns.

San Francisco's Lombard Street

Some neighborhood residents would like to see the road closed for more than just a few weekends a year. A neighborhood spokesman said their goal is for the road to be closed most of the summer and half of all weekends.

Some residents said in recent years it had gained an amusement park atmosphere, with people blocking their driveways and snapping photos as they drove the street.

World's Crookedest Street Will Close to Cars

Tourists to San Francisco could see a kink in their vacation plans: The most famous crooked street in the world will be closed to traffic over four weekends this summer. Mark Matthews reports. (Published Tuesday, May 20, 2014)

One resident, who wished not to reveal her name, said all the pedestrians clogging the street Saturday was more than she bargained for.

"I think I'm more concerned right now about the pedestrians," she said. "First of all, I'm angry, but secondly, people have a split second or they think about moving or not moving."

The issue has been formally debated since 2000, according to an SFMTA report. Other possible solutions that have also been proposed include gating the street, creating a pedestrian mall, privatizing the street, prohibiting right turns on Hyde Street, and closing Lombard between Van Ness and Polk Streets during peak traffic periods.